Senior Pools

At the resort I recently visited, there were multiple pools.  This is a good thing - the one designed for toddlers should keep the little screamers off by themselves.  The main pool, therefore, should be ideal - great bikini watching, sunning, swimming, reading and relaxing, and did I mention bikini watching?  Should be perfect, no?  Alas, no.  Little kids are learning how to swim at ridiculously early ages and therefore the pool was infected by loud splashing, screaming, toy tossing and all sorts of mayhem.

Happily, there was a third pool that appeared to attract seniors.  Just the thing for a curmudgeon - no screaming kids, no balls bouncing out of the pool or noodles flying about.  One had to endure an hour of senior women doing water calisthenics (not an especially pretty sight early in the morning), including the leader bellowing the drills to a musical backdrop.  But if you skip this crucial window of time, you are out of luck finding a poolside chair because all these women have already staked nearly all the good places around the pool for themselves.

But finally it's quiet.  There's a muted murmur and the occasional laughter - it all seems so civilized.  I start to relax - my vacation is on.  Only, no bikinis.